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Physics 2301 -- Spring 2021

Welcome to the Physics 2301 home page!
URL: http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/kilcup.1/2301/

Announcements/changes:

  • The nerve center of the course has migrated to Carmen.

*General Information about Physics 2301

Course title:
Physics 2301: Intermediate Mechanics (part 2)
Texts:
Introduction to Classical Mechanics by D. Morin (available as an ebook)
Basic Training in Mathematics by Shankar (first few chapters available as Google preview)
Topics to be covered:

  • Vector Angular Momentum
  • Rigid Body motion
  • Accelerated Frames
  • Relativity
  • Oscillations, including damping, driving and coupling
  • More math methods (linear algebra, complex numbers, Fourier series)
  • and more with Mathematica